| By Jordan Scheltgen, www.inc.com | Having a strong vision for your company is one thing. Being able to communicate it clearly is another ballgame. As a leader, your job can take on many roles from being in the trenches working alongside your teammates to excluding yourself and putting together top-line strategies for business growth or thinking about a […]
How to Save the World, or at Least Yourself, from Bad Meetings
TEDtalks An epidemic of bad, inefficient, overcrowded meetings is plaguing the world’s businesses — and making workers miserable. David Grady has some ideas on how to stop it.
6 Signs You Are A Micromanager
| By Jim Schleckser, www.inc.com | As a manager or CEO it can be extremely difficult to self-diagnose whether you are a micro-manager or not. Especially if you run a fast-growing company, you might expect that your job entails staying on top of every detail, meeting, and conversation inside the business–let alone insuring that all your people […]
Even the First College Sporting Event in the United States Involved Cheating
| By Richard Johnson, www.sbnation.com | In his response to a sweeping Yahoo Sports story outlining corruption in college basketball, NCAA president Mark Emmert said something that isn’t technically true. These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America. Simply put, people who engage in this […]
Tomorrow’s Best Leaders Will Lead With Questions, Not Answers
| By Carolyn Slaski, www.forbes.com | Americas Vice Chair of Talent, EY. Leading with intention, integrity and care so our people can make maximum impact in the working world. Disruption, complexity and ambiguity are the new normal in today’s working world. As a result, many leaders are finding they can no longer rely solely on their past […]
An Unconventional Take On Success
| By Stephanie Denning, www.forbes.com | I recently read an older post by Morgan Housel, of Collaborative Fund, titled What I Believe. In his words, he lists the “ten things that guide almost everything I think about in business and investing.” Ray Dalio popularized the idea of principles, but the idea predates him. Most successful leaders operate – […]
4 Traps That Get Managers into Trouble (and How to Avoid Them)
| By Bruce Eckfeldt, www.inc.com | If you’re a CEO or key executive in a growing company, you face many challenges. Almost daily you’re dealing with everything from developing a clear strategy and creating efficient processes to driving profitability and ensuring proper cash flow. However, as a business and executive coach, the one I see my clients struggle the […]
Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn’t make sense, but he’s never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window — and encourages […]